Ex-Sen. Edwards Won't Testify In Hollywood Atty Trial

Law360, New York (April 13, 2011, 8:38 PM EDT) -- Former U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards will not testify in the criminal trial of suspended California lawyer Pierce O’Donnell, who allegedly funneled money to the politician’s 2004 presidential campaign, attorneys told a judge in California on Wednesday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Mitchell and defense attorney Brian O’Neill told Judge S. James Otero of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California they did not plan to call Edwards to the stand in the trial of O’Donnell, who faces charges of violating...